Window-sash.



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lNVENTGR www PATENTED P1111. 11, 1908y WMM/58.

W I KESBL, JR WINDOW SASH. APPLICATION P11116 AP11.23,1907.

No. 878,540. PATBNTED FEB. l1, 1908. W. F. KIESEL, JR.

WIN DOW SASH.

APPLIPAIUIN I'iLlID APR. 23. 15107.

INVENTOR uWITNESSES UA1. AT

TORNEY 'Unirse WILLIAM F. KIESEL, JR., OF AL'l'OOh-l, PiNNSl YLVANl'Ii.

WIND@ lli-EASE,

No. eresie.

To all whom ii may concern: t

Be it known that l, WiLLAM l". Kisser., Jri, e. citizen of the United States, residing :it Altoone, in the county of Blair and Stute et Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful` Improvements in l/Vindow-Snshes, of Which'the following is e specification.

This invention relates to improvements in met-al Window seshes, and more particularly to sashes for' the windows of steel ruilwey cars; my object beiiw to provide a sash of this nature which wi l be light and still in construction, and within whioli the gloss will be' fastened with. dust prooiE and weathertight joints; the sash members being' so con structed, wherethe glass is fastened in piece, as to rovide for suiiieient variation between mem ers to correspond with the variations in the' thickness of the glass.

"i attain my object by construetingr the sash in the manner illustrsted in the acronipanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents ain end View :ind au outside elevation ot the sash; liig. 2, e dei-nil on an enlarged seele, showing one corner of the sash; Figs. 8 and 4l, sections on the lines a-a and b-b, respectively, in Fig. 2 Fig. 5, a, detuil showing one of the clamping' bolts by which the glass is fastened in the sash; and Fig. 6, sectionsilviews showing e modifiention.

Like numerals designate lilqe ports in the several views.

The sash consist-s of light metal plates bent, pressed, or drown into the shapes substantially as illustrated in the drawings. The lower rail of the sash is composed of an inside plate l, bent along its upper odge on an inoline at 2, epd having ii return bend 3 projecting downward from the upper edge of seid incline, thus forming the inside molding and n part of the rzibhet. The hoitoin odge is flanged at Ll, said llainge beingl inclined to correspond with the incline of the window sill. The outside plete 5 is provided :it with an inturned [hinge vorresponiling with the [hinge 4, sitid llung'es boing spnrrd npnrt and lin-ving` :i rubber dust `Jnnrd, or weather strip 7 inserted between thorn. The two flanges and the weather strip :ire fastened together by means olC rountersunk screws inserted through the flange Ll, und screwed. into the clamping strip S. 'lhe .inside and outside plates :ire thereby fastened securelyr together at their lower edges with a, wenther panification of Application tiled April 23.1907. Serial Np. 369,749.

l .'P-ttenterl Feb; il, 1908.

:ind dust gli# 'd strip inoieeiing troni the outer edge thereof. The upper edge oi' the outside plete is bent inwirrd :it right :ingles nt 0, then upward et 10,:ind iignin inward :it ll, the bond 1l,.pro iecting lo within nfshort distiinCe-oi the return bend on the inside plete, sind formingT therewith the rnbbet to receive the glass. The plates l und 5 aire thus left free to nieve toward or nwziy from one another :it their upper edges.

A motel clamping strip l2, lorn'ied from :t light metal plete having its edges bent over with close relurn bends to provide the necessary stillness, is applied lo the outside plate in the lirst rnhhet lornied 4thereon by 'the bends S) and l0, und overlaps the second rab- Vhet to l'ns'ren the glass in pince. 'lhis clumping strip is drewn up into plane by ineens of the bolts 123, positioned :it suitable intervals nlonp,` the ruil, said bolts having :i square sbonk und being headed over :it lil, to en- ;:ige the return bend seid return bei: l und the bonds l() :ind ll on vplatte :'i lic-ing; notched out to roreiie the bolts and prevent thorn from turning. The bend l() inset a suliinient distance to perniit the nuts applied to the bolts 13 to lie inside of the plane olE the outside snrinoe ol plete 5.

The stiles and top rnil l awe nnrrrnrer inside :ind oulsidi` plates bent into the suine iorrn iis that :ilrendy descr.ihi\d, except that they ure united :dongl their outwn rd edges by the trnnsrerse pistes 1G, the wholrl boing' bent 'up freni one integral pinto. 'lhe stiles and rnils n'iejoined together :it the corners by initer joints, und united by light cored out Castings El), riveted thereto by'rountersimk` ri'jf'ets; so ns to present n smooth outside und inside surface. By providing the sash with double rnbbets the rhirnping strips :ind the nuls by' whirh they nre l'nslined, in plsire nre positioned entirely nilhin the pleno ol' the youtside surl'iire oi the sash, thereby permitting the snsh io rido l'roily in the window ironie when the sash is raised. rl`o protect the edges ol' the gloss, l uppl)r ilnrelo rubber strips l5 ol lJ-shnped rross-surtion, to whirh (ln` rlznnpinfuT pressure is applied, :rnd which also servo to nml-:o the joints between the gloss und thel sash Vrnbbol-s porlvrtlj,Y dust prooi' :ind nonlllorl'iglil.

lt will be noted hul., by rozason of tho play permitted between the outside :ind inside plates where the rubbers nro l'orznod, `grhiss olE dill'erent thickness ,muy be rendil)r :ippliod to l Ui) vmay employ screws, as shown in Fig. 6, in

which case I fold the return-bend back upon itself at 17, to furnish suiticient thickness for the screw threads. l prefer, however, to use the bolts, inasmuch as, afteri the nuts are set up, the ends of the ,bolts niajf be slightly up set to lock them in place; whereas, with the screws there. is no means of locking theIn, and they are apt to-work loose.

XVhat i claim as my invention and desire to secure b v Letters Patent is- 1.. A window sash having stiles and rails composed of `continuous outside and inside metal plates spaced apart and joined together along their outward edges, said plates being free to move toward or away from one another at their inward edges and bent to form between them a rabbet open at one side to receive the glass, a clamping strip applied to one of said plates and projecting over the open side of the rabbet, and means Jfor drawing the other plate and said strip toward one another to engage and hold the glass within the rabbet.

2. A window sash having stiles and rails composed ofoutside and inside metal spaced apart and joined together along their outward edges, the inside late having a returnbend formed along its ee edge, and the outside plate having its free edge bent at right angles toward said return-bend to form a rabbet, a clamping .strip applied to the outside plate and projecting over the rabbet,

clamping strip to draw the two together.

3. A window sash having Stiles and rails composed of outside and inside metal plates spaced apart and joined together along their inward edges bent, the one with. a vreturnbend and along said bends being provided with re steringnotches, bolts iitted into said notcnes and headed over on the inside to engagethe return-bend, and a clamping strip held in place by said bolts to fasten the glass Within the rabbet. x

4. A window` sash having its lower rail composed of outside and inside metal plates, the inside platebeing flanged outwardly along its bottoni edge and the outside plate WILLIAM F. KIESEL, JR.

Q 'Vitnesses'. I I I J.VF. MECK,

'J. C. S'roRtL and bolts engaging said return-bend and the outward edges, said plates having their free'- ihe other with a right angle bend to Jform a rabbet, the plates at intervals.

being flanged inwardly along its bottomY 

